St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-28
A STORM OF FIRE.
Old Borealis and His Brave War
riors Assailed by the King
Of Fire,
Whose Red-Handed Minions Wage
Successful War Against the
Icy Monarch.
The Palace Taken and It's Late Ruler Led
Away Captive by His frey
Majesty.
A Hundred and Fifty Thousand People
Witness the Storming of the
Castle of Ice.
The Sky a Blaze of Light With Ten
The Sky a Blaze of Light With Tel
Thousand ScintiI1at1ng Ram
bow CoIored Stars.
Visitors From Minneapolis Number
Twenty five Ihousand--C -Carni-
val Fever White Hot.

United StateS-the St0rmlng OIL the Ice cas-
tie and its capture by the king of fire. 1t
was the grand outbursting of carnival en-
thusiaSm which, like the cumulative force
within volcano, suddenly overflows the
resisting pressure and breaks out in floods
Of fire, clouds of seething smoke and with a
boom and roar that shakes the continent.
Yesterday was the climax of the second
winter carnival in st. Paul. Under the
terms of the armistice patched up a week
ago by the kings of ice and fire, hostilities
might be renewed without violating the
codes of war, as soon as the
sun sank below the horizon yes
terday evening. No more fitting
night for the kings whose warriors, by an
ailegory shoot darts of ice and fire. could
have been designed Nature paid tribute
to the carnival myths, and all through the
day it seemed as if Old winter were losing
his grip on the Northwest before a mild
suggestion of a thaw that melted the icicleS
on the roofs and sent little rllS of water
running down the seams of the Ice Kings
castle 1t was fitting day for the king of
the fiery realms and his bloOd-red gherberS
TO wage successful war against Borealis
whose reign both at the palace grounds and
over the Northwest in general. has become
something of a chestnut, although it is no
part of the business of loyal subjects of
BorealiS or any other king to kick against
the imperial will and actions But
Borealis, about whose head have
been spun legends and figures that
have made him the central figure of
the carnival, was most gloriously beaten OH
his own ground last night in a battle the
fame OF which lighted the vault of heaven
over his whole domain. and amid a rattle
and roar of mimic batteries that shook his
castle to its foundation stones. And the
ewes Of the whole world were on the king
al the moment of his defeat. From north
and south, from east and west, crowds had
come to see the palace StOrmed Men and
women and children had heard the story
of the former battle and come to see the
second and greater one. The carnival city
was never so full of people All the trains
for twentyfour hours previous to last
night came crowded, and their loads of
human freight swarmed the citys streets.
The population of the city, was, for the
evening, more than doubled. 1t was
MINNEAPOLIS DAY
and the giant twin born with the city
where the lee King lived, sent thousands
upon thousands to witness the
fray wherein Borealis lost his
crown. More interest than to wit
ness gorgeous glowing spectacle attached
to the visit Of the Minneapolitan, for by a
choice that seemed fitting one, the man
who holds the keys of his city was made
the King of Fire and it was with the full
consciousness that he would return vic
tor that the dwellers in the FlOury city
came Youth and beauty in several large
and well defined galaXieS came down on
every short line train and filled the streets
and thronged the palace grounds Every
daI oil hn vic
got their supplies, if indeed they had
any, is mystery. for miracles of loaves
and fishes do not come to pass in the North
west this season. and it looked as if the in
fiux from Minneapolis and every other city
in the state were out of all proportion with
the ability of the Capital City when il
comes to a question of provision. AT any
rate the crowds were here and the carniva
city was at It's gayest, with the many fea-
lures that went to make the greatest day OF
the carnival.
Before the sun went down a haze spread
over the sky and the slanting rays of the
western sun could not give a farewell kiS:
to the ice monarch'S home before it should
pass forever from the rule of a king
who had reigned there for eight day.
in undisturbed peace and popularity. The
castle walls. as clear and green as wher
first the blocks were laid. rose in massive
majesty in the center of what was to bt
the evening battle ground. And then a:
all roads lead to Rome so it began to ap
pear that all streets in st. Paul lead to til,
palace grounds. The crowd that haC
watched the turnouts during the day be
gan to gravitate toward the castle. Early il
the evening the space about the ground:
was black.
STREAMS OF PEOPLE
poured through the gates and the grounds
were well filled two hours before the spec
tacle began. AS it began to grow darl
the SPACE where the spectators could Stan(
became blacker and little groups wer
formed on every door step and piazZ
from which the palace or the space about
could be seen. \ hundred and fifty thou
sand people were looking toward the pal
ace their one ambition in this world ben
to get within sighting distance Of the grea
ice structure. The palace was illuminate
at early evening and the crowds abou
looked at the rosy CLEAN as it came throug
the thick walls and admired its beauties.
Ordinary Faber No.2 lead pencils. such a
reporters use, are made of such commo
place stuff that it is impossible to writ
with them any very adequate description {
what took place at the palace grounds dul
ing the evening. Such evenings seldOi
have to be chronicled. The palace We
lighted only with red lights within and the
shohe out with ruby glow as if invitin
tbe King of Fire to come and dwell with
the walls which had been heated red-ht
for his approach. An idea of how man
neoDle watched this palace may be ha
When it IS considered that all the spat
within the palace grounds, except where Il
rones and the police kept the throng ava
for a few rods about the pala'
where the battle was to rage. was blaC
with neople. All through the park. exec
fnr a space in the rear OF the castle and
the corners. the crowd was so dense tn
ono had to elbow the way. if a change
Eoosition was attempted. 1t seemed as
all the people in Minnesota were in
PAM and all in st. Paul were crowding
Carnival park The gathering together hs
begun early in the evening. and most OF Il
great throng were heartily tired OF waltz
before the storming began.
THE NIGHT WAS WARM.
a,se there would have been many froZ
statues in the park before the Fire Xii
came. The thousands of people there Sto
first on one foot. then on the othe
4hen stamped with both al
,raiked step or two, tn
walked back again, stamped with both fet
snd then began balancing first on o.
snot then on the other, remarking mea
While in somewhat impatient tones. that
yas time the procession came and t
nalace was storned if anybody expected